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Born November 1, 1651 • Paris • France
Died November 3, 1690 (aged 39) • Versailles • France
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Cardinal Richelieu
French cardinal and statesman
Jean-Baptiste Colbert
Jean-Baptiste Colbert
French statesman
André Jeanbon Saint-André
French clergyman
Lazare Carnot, lithograph by Ambroise Tardieu, after an engraving by C.A. Forestier
Lazare Carnot
French military engineer
Léon Gambetta
Léon Gambetta
French statesman
François-Michel Le Tellier, marquis de Louvois
French statesman
Francis Garnier
French naval officer
Marie-Jules Dupré
French naval officer
Paul Painlevé.
Paul Painlevé
French prime minister and mathematician
Louis-Adolphe Bonard
French admiral
Pierre-Charles-Jean-Baptiste-Silvestre de Villeneuve
French admiral
Charles de Freycinet, photograph by Nadar (Gaspard-Felix Tournachon)
Charles-Louis de Saulces de Freycinet
French politician
Le Tellier, detail from a marble portrait bust by A. Coysevox; in the Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève, Paris
Michel Le Tellier
French statesman
Francois de Vendome, duc de Beaufort, engraving by J.-B. Humbelot, 17th century
François de Vendôme, duke de Beaufort
French prince
Jean Ribaut
French naval officer
Charles Rigault de Genouilly
French admiral
Claude-Antoine Prieur-Duvernois
French military engineer
Roland-Michel Barrin, marquis de La Galissonnière
commandant-general of New France
François-Joseph-Paul, count de Grasse
French naval commander
Edmond Leboeuf
French general